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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Jim Huffman: Supports abortion rights, but no federal funding.
Jim Huffman: Pro-choice but Roe v. Wade was a bad decision.
Jo Rae Perkins: Pro life and support Medical Freedom.
Jo Rae Perkins: Strong pro-life from womb to tomb.
Jo Rae Perkins: Endorsed by Oregon Right to Life, pro-life all the way.
Kevin Stine: No new federal law restricting access to abortion.
Mark Callahan: You are either Pro-Life or you are not.
Monica Wehby: Abortion is a personal choice.
Monica Wehby: Abortion is a personal decision.
Paul Romero: Defund Planned Parenthood.
Paul Romero: Only exceptions for rape, incest, risk of death of mother.
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Budget & Economy
Gordon Harold Smith: Stabilize the monster that is devouring Wall Street.
Gordon Harold Smith: Supports bailout as BETTER regulation, not MORE regulation.
Gordon Harold Smith: Supports government help for people facing foreclosure.
Jeff Merkley: Bailout bill is a $700-million blank check.
Jeff Merkley: Oppose bailout bill; more oversight needed.
Jeff Merkley: Our children have to repay debt from deregulated Wall Street.
Jeff Merkley: Strengthen the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Jim Huffman: Supports balanced budget amendment.
Jim Huffman: No $2M spending on exotic ant research.
Jo Rae Perkins: Shrink government; cut BLM, USFS, and the Fed.
Jo Rae Perkins: End out of control spending, cut bloated federal agencies.
Jo Rae Perkins: Filed for twice for bankruptcy; lost professional credential.
Kevin Stine: Supports stimulus over market-led recovery.
Mark Callahan: Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution.
Paul Romero: Cut ALL the pork; steady draw down to save trillions.
Ron Wyden: No bailout of finance industry, no Wall Street bonuses.
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Civil Rights
Jason Beebe: Publicly read a June Pride Month proclamation.
Jeff Merkley: Ensure that women earn equal pay for equal work.
Jo Rae Perkins: I do not believe racism is a threat to domestic security.
Jo Rae Perkins: Black wealth gap due to welfare rules, not redlining.
Kevin Stine: Affirmative action is ok, bur don't enforce statistically.
Kevin Stine: Strongly supports same-sex marriage.
Mark Callahan: Marriage is between one man and one woman.
Monica Wehby: Government shouldn't be involved in same-sex marriage.
Monica Wehby: Paycheck Fairness Act hurts women in the workplace.
Paul Romero: American, Veteran, father, Oregonian and Christian.
Paul Romero: Against "extra equality for groups".
Paul Romero: I have not witnessed racism as a problem.
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Corporations
Jim Huffman: Moratorium on new federal regulations on businesses.
Kevin Stine: Cut corporate handouts & thus raise tax rates on the 1%.
Kevin Stine: Tax loopholes allow companies to pay meager tax rates.
Monica Wehby: Gov't should encourage growth, not squeeze businesses out.
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Crime
Gordon Harold Smith: Stiffer laws against gang crimes, rapists & child sex.
Jason Conger: Voted NO on reducing sentences for non-violent offenses.
Jeff Merkley: Worked hard to get better laws to deal with criminals.
Jo Rae Perkins: Answer to police shooting blacks: "stop committing crime".
Kevin Stine: Give judges more leeway on sentencing.
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Drugs
Jason Conger: Voted NO on retail medical marijuana establishments.
Jeff Merkley: Positives of pot legalization outweigh the negatives.
Kevin Stine: Fearful rhetoric about marijuana leads to waste, not safety.
Ron Wyden: Remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act.
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Education
Bud Pierce: Apply Massachusetts Education Reform act to Oregon schools.
Kevin Stine: Opposes school vouchers.
Mark Callahan: Common Core is dumbing down the next generation.
Mark Callahan: Get rid of the Department of Education.
Paul Romero: END Common Core.
Paul Romero: Forgive student loan interest, but not loan debt.
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Energy & Oil
Jason Conger: Voted NO on electronic energy efficiency standards.
Jeff Merkley: Climate change is real, and it's bad for our economy.
Jo Rae Perkins: Already have tools to cleanly burn fossil fuels.
Kate Brown: Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources.
Kevin Stine: Prioritize green energy.
Kevin Stine: End corporate handouts to fossil fuel companies.
Mark Callahan: Energy independence: based on the free market.
Mark Callahan: Do nothing about global warming; it's a fraudulent invention.
Monica Wehby: Complete the Keystone Pipeline; end EPA overreach.
Ron Wyden: Biomass is a clean energy source & a job machine.
Ron Wyden: Boost renewable energy and the low-carbon economy.
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Environment
Val Hoyle: Prohibit motorized mining in riverbeds.
Bud Pierce: Enhance infrastructure & natural resource based jobs.
Gordon Harold Smith: Create more jobs in timber industry.
Gordon Harold Smith: Inserted Oregon timber payments into $70 bailout bill.
Jason Conger: Voted NO on prohibiting motorized mining in riverbeds.
Jason Conger: Rated 53% by Conservation Voters; 80% by Humane Society.
Jason Conger: Higher timber harvests on public land.
Jeff Merkley: Sustainable harvests on public lands.
Jeff Merkley: Sustainable forest harvest important for economy.
Jeff Merkley: Son of a timber family; will fight for timber payments.
Jim Huffman: Upset at impact on rural communities from logging ban.
Jim Huffman: End restrictions for logging federal timber land.
Jo Rae Perkins: Reduce U.S. Forest Service presence on our land.
Jo Rae Perkins: State management of lands, not feds.
Jo Rae Perkins: Change Federal Land Management, let state be in charge.
Jo Rae Perkins: Questions constitutionally of the EPA.
Jo Rae Perkins: For proper logging of forests, get government out of the way.
Kevin Stine: Common sense solutions to ensure environmental security.
Mark Callahan: Constitution disallows so much federal land ownership.
Ron Wyden: Worked out compromise Eastside Forest Plan.
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Families & Children
Jason Conger: Rated 79% by Oregon Stand for Children.
Jo Rae Perkins: Supports parents' right not to vaccinate children.
Monica Wehby: 2013: Ex-boyfriend filed police report, but now regrets it.
Monica Wehby: 2007: Ex-husband filed police report, but good friends now.
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Foreign Policy
Jason Conger: Russia emboldened in Ukraine by Obama's weak foreign policy.
Jeff Merkley: In a dangerous world, we need to work with other nations.
Jeff Merkley: Investigate Saudi interference in US criminal cases.
Kevin Stine: Supports American Exceptionalism.
Kevin Stine: Avoid foreign entanglements.
Mark Callahan: Strong support of our military and of Israel.
Mark Callahan: UN Small Arms Treaty yields our sovereignty.
Monica Wehby: Russia emboldened in Ukraine by Obama's weak foreign policy.
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Free Trade
Jeff Merkley: Support free-trade, but wait on Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Kevin Stine: We need fair trade, not free trade.
Kevin Stine: Oppose "fast track" trade legislation; oppose TPP.
Monica Wehby: Support free-trade, but wait on Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Jeff Merkley: Tariffs will raise the cost of living about $2,000 or more.
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Government Reform
Bud Pierce: Mandate government to release requested info for free.
Jason Beebe: Remove overbearing COVID restrictions on businesses.
Jeff Merkley: Nuclear option: Allow confirmation of Obama's appointees.
Jeff Merkley: We the People democracy: extend vote to DC & territories.
Jo Rae Perkins: 12-year term limits; no more career politicians.
Jo Rae Perkins: Don't allow tolling on Federal Roads.
Kevin Stine: Allow absentee ballots for all; extend early voting.
Mark Callahan: Limit terms in Congress & the U.S. Senate.
Paul Romero: Supports term limits & budget transparency.
Paul Romero: Protect ranchers & farmers, and manage timber land.
Paul Romero: For term limits up to 12 years.
Ron Wyden: Expand early voting, no excuse absentee vote by mail.
Ron Wyden: Protect voting rights with early voting, mail-in ballots.
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Gun Control
Jo Rae Perkins: I support the 2nd Amendment as it is written.
Jo Rae Perkins: Rated B+ by Oregon Firearms Federation.
Kevin Stine: Gun lobby has redefined 2nd Amendment in a perverse way.
Mark Callahan: The 2nd Amendment was meant to protect the 1st Amendment.
Paul Romero: Against ban on semiautomatic weapons, owns one himself.
Paul Romero: Red Flag laws are Unconstitutional, PERIOD.
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Health Care
Jason Conger: Delay health plan cancellations due to ObamaCare.
Jason Conger: State-run Cover Oregon exchange better than ObamaCare.
Jason Conger: Opposes "Cover Oregon" and state-run insurance exchanges.
Jeff Merkley: AdWatch: Targeted by RNC robocalls for support of ObamaCare.
Jeff Merkley: 2009: "Keep your insurance"; 2014: fix ObamaCare so you can.
Jeff Merkley: I couldn't enroll in ObamaCare, but it'll eventually succeed.
Jo Rae Perkins: Parents have the right to choose not to vaccinate kids.
Jo Rae Perkins: COVID: Against lockdown: "That is a communist country".
Jo Rae Perkins: No masks; I don't need to be a doctor--I know how to read.
Kevin Stine: We need real healthcare reform, like single-payer.
Mark Callahan: Full repeal of ObamaCare / WydenCare.
Mark Callahan: Opposes "Cover Oregon" and state-run insurance exchanges.
Monica Wehby: We need more MDs and fewer JDs in Congress.
Monica Wehby: I was against ObamaCare when it wasn't cool.
Paul Romero: END and DEFUND Obamacare.
Paul Romero: ObamaCare made things worse for 350 million Americans.
Jeff Merkley: Republicans slash health care for millions of Americans.
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Homeland Security
Jason Conger: Opposes reduction in size of America's military force.
Jeff Merkley: Be slow to go to war and be fast to take care of veterans.
Jeff Merkley: Invest in working with our allies, not power of military.
Jo Rae Perkins: Veterans earned right to choose their medical care.
Kevin Stine: Wasteful defense spending is rampant.
Mark Callahan: Strongly support veterans & active duty military personnel.
Monica Wehby: Opposes reduction in size of America's military force.
Paul Romero: Support strong military & vets.
Jeff Merkley: Deploying troops to American cities is a provocation.
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Immigration
Jason Conger: Stricter rules for non-citizen college tuition equity.
Jason Conger: Voted NO on drivers licenses for non-resident aliens.
Jason Conger: Temporary visas for needed undocumented immigrants.
Jo Rae Perkins: Yes to wall; no to illegal aliens.
Jo Rae Perkins: For border wall, against "sanctuary status".
Jo Rae Perkins: Give Dreamers opportunity to become citizens, no Federal aid.
Kevin Stine: Any reasonable reform includes a pathway to citizenship.
Mark Callahan: No driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.
Mark Callahan: Enforce borders; enforce existing laws; say no to amnesty.
Paul Romero: END sanctuary cities; protect our borders.
Paul Romero: Border wall is a good thing for everybody.
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Jobs
Jeff Merkley: Minimum wage should be left to the states.
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Principles & Values
Gordon Harold Smith: Works often with Sen. Wyden (D-OR) & Sen. Obama (D-IL).
Jeff Merkley: Endorsed by Sen. Wyden; I'll be his partner.
Jo Rae Perkins: Professional background as real estate and insurance agent.
Jo Rae Perkins: Stands with Trump and QAnon.
Jo Rae Perkins: I'm hard-working & hard-hitting with Heartland Values.
Jo Rae Perkins: Supports "batty, corrosive" QAnon conspiracy theory.
Jo Rae Perkins: Bummed that consultants made her take down QAnon video.
Jo Rae Perkins: Most of our laws are based on Biblical principles.
Jo Rae Perkins: Posts pro-QAnon video, then says it's merely an info source.
Jo Rae Perkins: Was in DC for Trump rally, did not enter the Capitol.
Kevin Stine: Separate church & state, but some leeway for societal norms.
Kevin Stine: Served in Navy for 9 years; on City Council for 1.
Kevin Stine: The Senate is full of multi-millionaires over the age of 60.
Mark Callahan: Religious freedom is under attack by political correctness.
Monica Wehby: AdWatch: Parents trust her as a pediatric neurosurgeon.
Monica Wehby: Declined to debate on live TV in Senate primary.
Paul Romero: The STATE shouldn't have undue influence over religion.
Ron Wyden: FactCheck: No truth to rumors that Wyden lives in New York.
Ron Wyden: Give voice to those who often feel left out of the debate.
Jo Rae Perkins: Called to "stop the coup d'état" of the 2020 election .
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Social Security
Gordon Harold Smith: People should prepare for retirement in addition to Soc.Sec.
Jeff Merkley: Privatization would melt away retirement in stock crash.
Jeff Merkley: Fight efforts to privatize; honor promises to seniors.
Jim Huffman: Option of putting payroll taxes in a private account.
Jo Rae Perkins: System broken for decades; stop borrowing from Trust Fund.
Jo Rae Perkins: Let younger people use individual retirement account.
Kevin Stine: Opposes privatizing Social Security.
Paul Romero: Bearish investment of Trust funds to bolster our markets.
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Tax Reform
Gordon Harold Smith: I believe in pro-growth tax cuts.
Jeff Merkley: Supports raising taxes on earnings over $250,000 per year.
Jo Rae Perkins: Wealthy pay disproportionately high share of taxes.
Mark Callahan: Implement a Flat Tax to replace 74,000-page tax system.
Mark Callahan: Support flat tax or FairTax; oppose growing government.
Paul Romero: Downsize government and balance budget.
Ron Wyden: Sophisticated wealthy few distort tax system.
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Technology
Jason Beebe: Local Facebook expansion means tech and trade jobs.
Ron Wyden: Limit taxes on Internet-based companies.
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War & Peace
Jeff Merkley: Opposed Iraq war from the very beginning, against Party.
Mark Callahan: Iran nuclear deal endangers U.S. and our allies.
Paul Romero: All practicing Muslims support JIHAD.
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